Well this will definitely be a bit of a slow mover but here is the general goal…
As I said, bike was dirt cheap. It’s fairly clean as it sits but covered in incorrect parts. The first year bikes (69-70) had a lot of 1 year parts and there were even early to late 69 parts and same with 70 although they were still the first production year.
I’ve never owned one before so it’ll be a big learning experience.
I have a late 70 bike which is pretty much a traditional bike to the 71 k1, so it does have some transition pieces. (Mainly fenders)
Came to me with a fried harness and I was told it ran…
Rigged a new harness, and battery - kicked it over and BAM - started right up and sounded good. So my plan is to pull the motor and strip the frame - paint - rebuild the bike back to stock (candy blue green) with all the correct parts.
As for the motor, I’m gonna pull it, polish the shiny parts, shoot the cases with factory color paint and retorque the head - put it back in the bike and ride. It’s got pretty low miles and has been well kept. I figure I’ll do a complete cosmetic restoration and ride it to determine if the motor needs to come apart. If it does, I’ll pull it and rebuild.
And here is what I’m starting with…
The original and correct exhaust and gauges are probably worth close to twice if not 3 times what I paid for the bike so at least I’m on the up and up.
Incorrect parts…
Tank, side panels, fork ears, carbs, rear shocks, seat - just to name some obvious ones.
I’ll post some more as I make a bit of progress.